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Live - Presidential candidates - Submit Immigration Benefits Backlog question


This week, washingtonpost.com and The Concord Monitor will host a series of live discussions with each Democratic candidate in the presidential race. Please forward your question about Immigration benefits application backlog and Legal Immigration reform to the below mentioned 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates. Use the link provided below to submit questions.


WashingtonPost.com - Live Discussions
Nov. 3 - 7, 2003: Get answers -- online. The 2004 Democratic presidential candidates take your questions.

Nov. 5: Wesley K. Clark
Nov. 6: Howard Dean
Nov. 7: Sen. John Edwards
Nov. 7: Sen. John F. Kerry

Brought to you by washingtonpost.com and The Concord Monitor

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CNN.com - 2004 Presidential candidates stand on key issues
WESLEY CLARK: Immigration - Says he's "very pro-immigration," bring in world's elite to spur U.S.
HOWARD DEAN: Immigration - Protect immigrants' rights; allow more to become citizens
JOHN EDWARDS: Immigration - Additional personnel needed for immigration agencies
JOHN KERRY: Immigration - Speed immigration process; unite families; patrol borders
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Good one

This is a good one. If several people post questions then the issue will be raised in the discussions. If it gets discussed by the democratic party candidates then it sure will be noticed by the other party and not just do lip service.
Here is what I posted to all the candidates (people can use it just in case they don’t have time to think of other good questions)

What about legal immigration?

The focus of the parties has mostly been on illegal immigration. What about legal immigration? Post 9/11 immigration policies has created delays so that it now takes 5+ years to get a green card. Money paid for legal immigrants to process their applications has been used by other agencies. People who contribute a lot to the society suffer in this long process (child education, meaning contributions to society etc.). What is your stance on this issue.
 
President Bush had promised that the green card process should give a definitive answer in 6 months and was working towards this goal when 9/11 happened. The soft economy further slowed the process with the then INS and Department and Labor choosing to deliberately go slow (although INS had other immediate priorities too). Our issues of legal immigration--while important--are not as important to the Presidential candidates.
And President Bush is much more a man of his word than "the naive nine" (now eight!).
We can hope that with the economy improving the green card processing times will also accelerate!
 
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I have nothing against Bush but his promises have been empty so far. The funding for CIS has been increased in the low single digits to be meaningful for the next year. So more than two years after 9/11 we still have to suffer the consequences. All the govt. has to do is to allow CIS to keep the money they collect and that would solve the hiring and processing delays and they are not doing it. So I am not confident things will progress well under the current administration. Who knows may be as the election draws near we might see changes for the better.
 
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